%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GPL Ghostscript Ghostscript is a versatile processor for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets. &lfs65_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum; Download size: &gs-size; Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gs-time; Additional Downloads Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum; Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size; Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum; Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size; Optional patch: Ghostscript Dependencies Optional , , , , and User Notes: If you have JasPer installed on your system and you would like to use it with GPL Ghostscript, first remove the local copy and apply a patch: rm -rf jasper && patch -Np1 -i ../ghostscript-&gs-version;-system_jasper-1.patch Install GPL Ghostscript by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This package does not come with a test suite. However, you may test the operation of the newly built gs program by issuing the following command (issue from an X Windows terminal): bin/gs -Ilib -dBATCH examples/tiger.eps Now, as the root user: make install && ln -sv /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version; To install the shared library libgs.so, run the following additional command as an unprivileged user: make so And again, as the root user: make soinstall && install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript && ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps The shared library depends on . It is only used in external programs like and . To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to /usr/share/ghostscript and ensure the ownerships of the files are root:root. Substitute <font-tarball> appropriately in the command below for the fonts you wish to install: tar -xvf ../<font-tarball> -C /usr/share/ghostscript && chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts install ...: Some packages (ImageMagick is one) need the Ghostscript interface headers in place to link to the shared library. These commands install the headers. ln -sv ... /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;: This puts the documentation where it is expected to be found. ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps: Some packages expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories bdftops, dumphint, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj, gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pdfopt, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, ps2ps2, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and wftopfa libgs.so /usr/include/ghostscript and /usr/share/ghostscript Short Descriptions gs is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format (PDF). gs libgs.so provides Ghostscript functionality to other programs, such as GSView, ImageMagick, and libspectre. libgs.so GPL Ghostscript provides many different scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the capabilities provided.